Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9780412484506 |
| ISBN10: | 0412484501 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 288 pages |
| Size: | 234x156 mm |
| Weight: | 294 g |
| Language: | English |
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Category:
Social issues, social work
Probability and mathematical statistics
Environmental health, occupational health
Sociological theory
Earth sciences in general
Geology
Social issues, social work (charity campaign)
Probability and mathematical statistics (charity campaign)
Environmental health, occupational health (charity campaign)
Sociological theory (charity campaign)
Earth sciences in general (charity campaign)
Geology (charity campaign)
Statistical Methods in Environmental Health
Edition number: 1
Publisher: Chapman and Hall
Date of Publication: 1 August 1993
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Short description:
The collection and interpretation of technical and demographic data form an essential part of the environmental health officer's function. This book provides a basic introduction to statistical methods, with a wide range of examples from the field of environmental and public health. It will enable the reader to understand statistical analyses encountered in the literature, carry out sample analysis and to discuss more complex analyses with statistical advisers. Each chapter contains a set of exercises and solutions.
The collection and interpretation of technical and demographic data form an essential part of the environmental health officer's function. This book provides a basic introduction to statistical methods, with a wide range of examples from the field of environmental and public health. It will enable the reader to understand statistical analyses encountered in the literature, carry out sample analysis and to discuss more complex analyses with statistical advisers. Each chapter contains a set of exercises and solutions.
Long description:
A popular learning resource becomes even more essential in its new Second Edition! Revised features include new and revised exercises; a broad range of practical and relevant case studies; and expanded theoretical concepts. The book emphasizes the practical application of statistics, and provides examples in various fields of environmental and agriculture sciences.
"A basic introduction to statistical methods that includes a wide range of examples of their application to the collection and interpretation of technical and demographic data in environmental health. Addressed to professionals in the field who have no previous background in statistics."
-SciTechBook News
"... the book is very readable, it is also a practical workbook... it can be recommended as the product of well-recognized and appreciated teachers."
-Journal of Public Health Medicine
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"A basic introduction to statistical methods that includes a wide range of examples of their application to the collection and interpretation of technical and demographic data in environmental health. Addressed to professionals in the field who have no previous background in statistics."
-SciTechBook News
"... the book is very readable, it is also a practical workbook... it can be recommended as the product of well-recognized and appreciated teachers."
-Journal of Public Health Medicine
Promo Copy
Table of Contents:
Common sense, statistical reasoning and hypothesis testing. Basic statistics. Tests of hypotheses. The normal distribution, probability and hypothesis testing. Tests involving means. Estimation and confidence limits. Tests involving percentages. Correlation and regression. Non-parametric statistics. Estimation of sample size. Vital statistics. Sources of statistical data. Solutions to exercises. Index.
